I'm not saying it's their best but I listen to the debut more than any other album of theirs. It's got the mystic Celtic stuff, great riffs ("Look what the wind blew in") and "Honesty is no excuse" is heart wrenching, maybe my favourite tune of theirs
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Monday, 3 June 2024 17:58 (three weeks ago) link
I love Black Rose the most, and not only cuz of "Roisin Dubh," which everyone loves, but cuz of "Toughest Street in Town" which, if you only know the hits but dig the fukk out of 'em… well you should listen to that fucking song right now…
― veronica moser, Monday, 3 June 2024 19:31 (three weeks ago) link
Black Rose is also my favorite…the only weak spot is S&M which isn’t even all that weak as far as 70s rock goes.
― Slim is an Alien, Monday, 3 June 2024 21:06 (three weeks ago) link
I bought Johnny the Fox a couple of years ago and it really blew me a way. I mostly only knew Fighting and Jailbreak. Still haven't gone beyond that except I know the song Old Town (great video, I got a beer at the pub in Dublin where they filmed part of it).
Something about Lynott's delivery and story just hits me in an emotional way beyond the "weight" of their actual catalog. I can't even really put into words. Even when he is being macho he makes me want to cry.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Monday, 3 June 2024 21:43 (three weeks ago) link
Definitely check out nightlife then
― Heez, Monday, 3 June 2024 21:58 (three weeks ago) link
Waitin For An Alibi is my fave, especially the long version
― a based robot like Bender (stevie), Monday, 3 June 2024 22:05 (three weeks ago) link
I know music too, you see
― brimstead, Monday, 3 June 2024 22:07 (three weeks ago) link
ums otm re:first album, scott otm re:nightlife
here's what i had to say about the first album when i heard it for the first time in 2012:
Thin Lizzy — self-titled (1971)Thin Lizzy's first album is an odd mixture of post-electric blues, folky Irish textures and that undeniable Lizzy slant of thoughtfully rocking out. The opener 'The Friendly Ranger at Clontarf Castle' is a weird, half spoken venture through a post-Dylan stream of consciousness and the resonating tunefulness that was to come. Wah-wahed out psychedelic guitar tones and a surprising restraint in the arrangement and, before you know it, 'Honesty is no Excuse' comes in like a total winner. And, before you know it AGAIN, 'Diddy Levine' makes a mockery of any contemporary attempts at an actual buildup in a pop song. 'Look What the Wind Blew In' points towards the band's rockin' future and the proper album closes out with the thoughtful extended piece 'Remembering (Part One).' I picked up the expanded edition of the album from 2010, so it features the New Day EP also from 1971 and a batch of revised tracks from 1977 (inexplicably featuring the one and only Midge Ure). Among these extras, 'Dublin' (from the New Day EP) stands as one of the band's best ballads. 'Remembering (Part Two): New Day' is a really uplifting rocker, while 'Old Moon Madness' seems to anticipate no-wave in its frenetic pace and chaotic riffs that don't make sense until halfway through the song. The 1977 re-recordings are generally more rocked up. 'Honesty is no Excuse' just seems to be a great song, no matter the rendering and it's probably my favorite of the revisions here (the power-ballady stance that 'Dublin' takes on, for instance, just doesn't hit as hard). Overall, this must've sounded like a complete anomaly when it first came out. I'm along the thinking that it's actually among the band's best albums, especially in this expanded edition.
Thin Lizzy's first album is an odd mixture of post-electric blues, folky Irish textures and that undeniable Lizzy slant of thoughtfully rocking out. The opener 'The Friendly Ranger at Clontarf Castle' is a weird, half spoken venture through a post-Dylan stream of consciousness and the resonating tunefulness that was to come. Wah-wahed out psychedelic guitar tones and a surprising restraint in the arrangement and, before you know it, 'Honesty is no Excuse' comes in like a total winner. And, before you know it AGAIN, 'Diddy Levine' makes a mockery of any contemporary attempts at an actual buildup in a pop song. 'Look What the Wind Blew In' points towards the band's rockin' future and the proper album closes out with the thoughtful extended piece 'Remembering (Part One).' I picked up the expanded edition of the album from 2010, so it features the New Day EP also from 1971 and a batch of revised tracks from 1977 (inexplicably featuring the one and only Midge Ure). Among these extras, 'Dublin' (from the New Day EP) stands as one of the band's best ballads. 'Remembering (Part Two): New Day' is a really uplifting rocker, while 'Old Moon Madness' seems to anticipate no-wave in its frenetic pace and chaotic riffs that don't make sense until halfway through the song. The 1977 re-recordings are generally more rocked up. 'Honesty is no Excuse' just seems to be a great song, no matter the rendering and it's probably my favorite of the revisions here (the power-ballady stance that 'Dublin' takes on, for instance, just doesn't hit as hard). Overall, this must've sounded like a complete anomaly when it first came out. I'm along the thinking that it's actually among the band's best albums, especially in this expanded edition.
finally, would have voted nightlife. i love soft rockin phil.
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Monday, 3 June 2024 22:08 (three weeks ago) link
oh yeah i was into giving star ratings (out of a possible 5) back then and i placed a lot of value and put probably way too much thought into it.
anyway, if that review wasn't gushy enough, i also gave it 4.5 stars
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Monday, 3 June 2024 22:10 (three weeks ago) link
enjoyed that review
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 00:24 (three weeks ago) link
"don't believe a word" off Johnny the Fox would make a great country song. sing this to the tune of Waylon's "the door is always open"
Don't believe me if I tell youNot a word of this is trueDon't believe me if I tell you, especially if I tell youI'm in love with you
Don't believe me if I tell youThat I wrote this song for youThere just might be some other silly pretty girlI'm singing to
Don't believe a wordWords are only spokenBut your heart is like a promiseMade to be broken
Don't believe a wordWords can tell liesAnd lies are no companyWhen there's tears in your eyes
Don't believe a wordNo, don't believe a wordDon't believe me, don't believe me, don't believe meDon't believe me, don't believe me, don't believe meDon't try
― Heez, Thursday, 6 June 2024 13:30 (two weeks ago) link